cvilnhh but it lins been tin eui euc 1 se often thal it t imp tis a stupiise at He end, and non ben was Hu suipiiHi gunin than amont, the leaders 01 ti ade unionism Tending tiude unionists seem to have bien bines-full) i_niiinnt of the piobnblo e nisi

qtienres of their iel lons J lio«, wctc niua/cd when the (.oveininent look them ni Hull nord and issued the ultimatum which made

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Hie scene vi hull brought donn the em tam upon the first act of this industrial irnged) was the home of the Punie ihm« ter ni 10 Donning Mi cot the time tho quiet of btmdav night, vi hen the rest of tho connu) wns ictiuug to nu cmlj bo.! On the iridnj the miner« liad nitlidiawn then labour from tho pits owing to the cm plojprs having poBtod a schedule of wages lower than that agreed upon with (ho unions in 1021 To this action the tindo union leaders ictoilcd bj proclaiming Hint a general stuko would begin on Holiday night All through bunda) preparations foi this general strike went on '4lio Govcin mont, on its pait, put the Liner|,enc) Ponas Act into operation NOA«rtliilesB mgotiations for n 8011101110111 nae» con tinned and bj Stindnj morning tho_ 11 D10 proceeding apace buiiduy evening sun tbo Irado Union Council and Hie Cabinet nt Downing btroct billing 111 adjoining looms, mid able to come to n settlement nt nny moment With connidciablo com ago Mi Baldwin bad chosen to disrcgmd the gene ml atulic tin cat He continued negotiations as if Hie conn ti j was not facing the coi

tnmt) of n gcucinl stoppage of business nitlnn 21 hours As Ah Billilli m said m lus speech in the Commons- next day bo those to um the nul; but he took it 111 tho hope of avcitmg a disastrous coufliet 11) half past 11 0 clock on bunda) night the in gotiuliona nero sufiieientlj advanced to allow of the mincis' executive being summoned to Donnmg Street lo give ils judgment upon n new form of compromise J. hen carne one of those unfoiceccn inci dents winch licqiienllj distillb caiefully luid plans

lending *to Mi Baldwins stud! but it found the loom emplj Mt baldwin had gone lo bed1 But the (81)11)01' tltei askctl I bei io {,011c home was the insnci fell cn bl the attendants In ein side)able dismal the tindc union luidas 1 (Hied to then hcutkpial ta » in I eclosión Square to diaft a letter of complaint lins took them until about half past I 0 1 lock nhen the mcmbcis followed \h Hnldwins example and letned to then beds

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Sa the sti ike began It can end onli 111 11 shiup setbiek for tindo unionism or the collapse of Hie Almlstii I he defeat of the Minibtrj would moan a 1 evolution nhielt would establish m poiiei cither Laboui 01 n 1 tiselst dtctatoi Mnnifchtls ti setbacl

Hung that I uno foi is being smashed to bits tit this moment, but that docs uni tnke n»\a\ fiom me my faith oi ni) couiugo Wo may in this House bo full of stufe, but; bcfoio long tho angel of /saco »Ulli boah ig in lim nings »»ill bo »»Ith us again When be comes let us be thetc to meet him I shall pick up Hie bits I shall stiii t »gam I may not sec «hal I lucíe dreamed of m ni} lifetime but I know that Hie seed I lta»c planted in mens hen Is »n(l germinate It is m thal dinetiou niano no shall pass tiflet much suffering tlunugh deep «»liters and -loinis to that bcttei land " 'lho closing «ords «cic almost niniidlblo Mi Baldwin sank back on the 'J i cusin y bench and i«caril) buiind his bend in Ins hands

standing among people, should lie hoisted »»ith this big stukc ' Ho looked it mc and saul, 'Well, I'm Bon» It Is lathci like building a bouse of cm tis, going up stoi) b} stoi), putting a eaitl hen. and ti catd thetc, and then something comes and brings tlie »»hole thing down Hop I bp on!) thing is that 1 must collect the canis -pick thom up again and build again ' '

'lhere is a small section of opinion «Indi fa»ours a contmuanco of Hie coal subsid« »n oidci tint the nniiets may not be beset by misfortunes nlneh arc uiitnoidablo This point of »ic»y »«as put into »»ords b} the Bishops of Winchester und hoiith»»ark While agreeing that n subsidised mdustt» is, miprinciple, bad, the bishops urged that the Go» eminent, bj granting tbo siibsid» ni the first plnee, bul made the nation io sponsiblo for Hie nolfnro of the coil mincis ' J lorn the human point of \ic»»," the» con tinned, ' it look» us if the suppoil of the subsid» being siiddenl) knocked n»va),

the binden of sustaining the atmet ui o is to be laid first upon those who aie least uble to beat it »»tuncas it nould olnioui.1) bo eheapci and Burel) nisei for the millern to sliouldci it fur a nhile longci at an expenso »»Inch »»ould bo infinitesimal an eompaicd »»ith the expense of a t,encial strike" Vossibl»' the bishops ha\c nut icaliscd Hie extent of tlio subBiel) Ah cul) 120,000,000 ha\c been spent, and Hie sui¡ sid) in ¿Intili «ns £2,800,000 No cottntr» can stand snell a drain when it linn also to maintain ii million inicmplo»cd Jinn» »»oikits aie fating e»en »»oiso than Hie minéis Win should the} be tn.ed to gi»o «oikois in mines tin uneconomic »»age